Molecular tools and bumble bees: revealing hidden details of ecology and evolution in a model system

Bumble bee nest abundance, foraging distance, and host-plant reproduction: implications for management and conservation

(2015) Jennifer C. Geib et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Contemporary human-altered landscapes and oceanic barriers reduce bumble bee gene flow

(2015) S. Jha   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees

(2015) Seth M Barribeau et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

(2015) Ben M Sadd et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Exploring the role of juvenile hormone and vitellogenin in reproduction and social behavior in bumble bees

(2014) Etya Amsalem et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Alleles underlying larval foraging behaviour influence adult dispersal in nature

(2014) Allan H. Edelsparre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Field realistic doses of pesticide imidacloprid reduce bumblebee pollen foraging efficiency

(2014) Hannah Feltham et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of common and declining bumble bees across an agricultural landscape

(2014) Stephanie Dreier et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Recent novel approaches for population genomics data analysis

(2014) Kimberly R. Andrews et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Target enrichment of ultraconserved elements from arthropods provides a genomic perspective on relationships among Hymenoptera

(2014) Brant C. Faircloth et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Genomics and the origin of species

(2014) Ole Seehausen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Gene expression differences underlying genotype-by-genotype specificity in a host–parasite system

(2014) Seth M. Barribeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-throughput sequencing reveals inbreeding depression in a natural population

(2014) J. I. Hoffman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular heterochrony and the evolution of sociality in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2014) S. H. Woodard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection's Role in Parallel Speciation

(2014) V. Soria-Carrasco et al.   SCIENCE

The bumblebees of North China (Apidae, Bombus Latreille)

(2014) JIANDONG AN et al.   ZOOTAXA

Worker drift and egg dumping by queens in wild Bombus terrestris colonies

(2013) Steph O’Connor et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Detoxification and stress response genes expressed in a western North American bumble bee, Bombus huntii (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2013) Junhuan Xu et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Landscape heterogeneity predicts gene flow in a widespread polymorphic bumble bee, Bombus bifarius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2013) Jeffrey D. Lozier et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Rapid ecological replacement of a native bumble bee by invasive species

(2013) Carolina L Morales et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Evolutionary Links Between Circadian Clocks and Photoperiodic Diapause in Insects

(2013) M. E. Meuti et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The invasion of southern South America by imported bumblebees and associated parasites

(2013) Regula Schmid-Hempel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

REVIEW: An overview of the environmental risks posed by neonicotinoid insecticides

(2013) Dave Goulson   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Social regulation of maternal traits in nest-founding bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) queens

(2013) S. H. Woodard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Emerging dangers: Deadly effects of an emergent parasite in a new pollinator host

(2013) Peter Graystock et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Urban land use limits regional bumble bee gene flow

(2013) Shalene Jha et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Revisiting comparisons of genetic diversity in stable and declining species: assessing genome-wide polymorphism in North American bumble bees using RAD sequencing

(2013) J. D. Lozier   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Of contigs and quagmires: next-generation sequencing pitfalls associated with transcriptomic studies

(2013) J. Andrew DeWoody et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Development of Strategies for SNP Detection in RNA-Seq Data: Application to Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines and Evaluation Using 1000 Genomes Data

(2013) Emma M. Quinn et al.   PLoS One

Genetic Variability of the Neogregarine Apicystis bombi, an Etiological Agent of an Emergent Bumblebee Disease

(2013) Jafar Maharramov et al.   PLoS One

Single pollinator species losses reduce floral fidelity and plant reproductive function

(2013) B. J. Brosi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits

(2013) I. Bartomeus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diversity and Distribution of Floral Resources Influence the Restoration of Plant-Pollinator Networks on a Reclaimed Strip Mine

(2013) Sarah Cusser et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Plant-Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years: Loss of Species, Co-Occurrence, and Function

(2013) L. A. Burkle et al.   SCIENCE

Adaptive Genetic Variation on the Landscape: Methods and Cases

(2012) Sean D. Schoville et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The Impact of Molecular Data on Our Understanding of Bee Phylogeny and Evolution

(2012) Bryan N. Danforth et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Microsatellite analysis in museum samples reveals inbreeding before the regression of Bombus veteranus

(2012) Kevin Maebe et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Alien parasite hitchhikes to Patagonia on invasive bumblebee

(2012) Marina P. Arbetman et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Foraging Distance and Colony Density Associated With a Late-Season Mass Flowering Crop

(2012) Sujaya Rao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Molecular and biochemical characterization of the major royal jelly protein in bumblebees suggest a non-nutritive function

(2012) Jens Kupke et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Ecological effects on gut bacterial communities in wild bumblebee colonies

(2012) Hauke Koch et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Triploid bumblebees indicate a direct cost of inbreeding in fragmented populations

(2012) B. DARVILL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Challenges and strategies in transcriptome assembly and differential gene expression quantification. A comprehensivein silicoassessment of RNA-seq experiments

(2012) Nagarjun Vijay et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The simple fool's guide to population genomics via RNA-Seq: an introduction to high-throughput sequencing data analysis

(2012) Pierre De Wit et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Geographical patterns of genetic divergence in the widespread Mesoamerican bumble bee Bombus ephippiatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2012) Michelle A. Duennes et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees

(2012) Richard J. Gill et al.   NATURE

An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

(2012)   NATURE

Pervasiveness of Parasites in Pollinators

(2012) Sophie E. F. Evison et al.   PLoS One

Colour Patterns Do Not Diagnose Species: Quantitative Evaluation of a DNA Barcoded Cryptic Bumblebee Complex

(2012) James C. Carolan et al.   PLoS One

Cryptic Bumblebee Species: Consequences for Conservation and the Trade in Greenhouse Pollinators

(2012) Paul H. Williams et al.   PLoS One

Not All Sequence Tags Are Created Equal: Designing and Validating Sequence Identification Tags Robust to Indels

(2012) Brant C. Faircloth et al.   PLoS One

Resource diversity and landscape-level homogeneity drive native bee foraging

(2012) S. Jha et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production

(2012) P. R. Whitehorn et al.   SCIENCE

The Promises and Pitfalls of Next-Generation Sequencing Data in Phylogeography

(2012) Bryan Carstens et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Unveiling cryptic species of the bumblebee subgenusBombus s. str.worldwide with COI barcodes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2012) Paul H. Williams et al.   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Coalescent-based species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy

(2012) Matthew K. Fujita et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Mimetic colour pattern evolution in the highly polymorphicBombus trifasciatus(Hymenoptera: Apidae) species complex and its comimics

(2012) HEATHER M. HINES et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Frequencies of Diploid Males in Natural Populations of Three North American Bumble Bee (Bombus) Species (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2011) Troy L. Whidden et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Mating frequency and genetic colony structure of the neotropical bumblebee Bombus wilmattae (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2011) Anett Huth-Schwarz et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Host range expansion of honey bee Black Queen Cell Virus in the bumble bee, Bombus huntii

(2011) Wenjun Peng et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Polyphenism in social insects: insights from a transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression in the life stages of the key pollinator, Bombus terrestris

(2011) Thomas J Colgan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

RADSeq: next-generation population genetics

(2011) J. W. Davey et al.   Briefings in Functional Genomics

Population structure, dispersal and colonization history of the garden bumblebee Bombus hortorum in the Western Isles of Scotland

(2011) D. Goulson et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Cross-Species Infection of Deformed Wing Virus Poses a New Threat to Pollinator Conservation

(2011) Jilian Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Interspecific geographic distribution and variation of the pathogens Nosema bombi and Crithidia species in United States bumble bee populations

(2011) Nils Cordes et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Bacterial Communities in Central European Bumblebees: Low Diversity and High Specificity

(2011) Hauke Koch et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Reconstructing demographic events from population genetic data: the introduction of bumblebees to New Zealand

(2011) G. C. LYE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Patterns of range-wide genetic variation in six North American bumble bee (Apidae: Bombus) species

(2011) JEFFREY D. LOZIER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

SNP discovery in black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) by population transcriptome resequencing

(2011) ARMANDO GERALDES et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Next-generation sequencing of transcriptomes: a guide to RNA isolation in nonmodel animals

(2011) PHILIPPE GAYRAL et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Molecular and spatial analyses reveal links between colony-specific foraging distance and landscape-level resource availability in two bumblebee species

(2011) Claire Carvell et al.   OIKOS

Dynamics of Immune System Gene Expression upon Bacterial Challenge and Wounding in a Social Insect (Bombus terrestris)

(2011) Silvio Erler et al.   PLoS One

Space Use of Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) Revealed by Radio-Tracking

(2011) Melanie Hagen et al.   PLoS One

Molecular evolutionary analyses of insect societies

(2011) B. J. Fischman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

(2011) Y. Wurm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees

(2011) S. A. Cameron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genes involved in convergent evolution of eusociality in bees

(2011) S. H. Woodard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The bumblebees of the subgenus Subterraneobombus: integrating evidence from morphology and DNA barcodes (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus)

(2011) PAUL H. WILLIAMS et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Divergence with Gene Flow: Models and Data

(2010) Catarina Pinho et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Impacts of non-native bumblebees in Western Europe and North America

(2010) Dave Goulson   APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

Age- and task-dependent foraging gene expression in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

(2010) Julie Tobback et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances

(2010) Neal M. Williams et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The transcription factor Krüppel homolog 1 is linked to hormone mediated social organization in bees

(2010) Hagai Shpigler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mitochondrial heteroplasmy and DNA barcoding in Hawaiian Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)

(2010) Karl N Magnacca et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Greenhouse bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) spread their genes into the wild

(2010) F. Bernhard Kraus et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Infection with the trypanosome Crithidia bombi and expression of immune-related genes in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

(2010) Helge Schlüns et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Temporal Patterns of Division of Labor among Workers in the Primitively Eusocial Bumble Bee, Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)1)

(2010) Sydney A. Cameron   ETHOLOGY

CONSERVATION GENETICS OF NEOTROPICAL POLLINATORS REVISITED: MICROSATELLITE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT DIPLOID MALES ARE RARE IN ORCHID BEES

(2010) Rogério O. Souza et al.   EVOLUTION

Multi-locus inference of population structure: a comparison between single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites

(2010) R J Haasl et al.   HEREDITY

Effects of land use at a landscape scale on bumblebee nest density and survival

(2010) Dave Goulson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Conservation genetics, foraging distance and nest density of the scarce Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus)

(2010) THOMAS G. CHARMAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Estimation of bumblebee queen dispersal distances using sibship reconstruction method

(2010) OLIVIER LEPAIS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Reconstructing routes of invasion using genetic data: why, how and so what?

(2010) ARNAUD ESTOUP et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Mining transcriptome sequences towards identifying adaptive single nucleotide polymorphisms in lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonusspp. Salmonidae)

(2010) SÉBASTIEN RENAUT et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomics and the future of conservation genetics

(2010) Fred W. Allendorf et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

RNA Viruses in Hymenopteran Pollinators: Evidence of Inter-Taxa Virus Transmission via Pollen and Potential Impact on Non-Apis Hymenopteran Species

(2010) Rajwinder Singh et al.   PLoS One

Brain transcriptomic analysis in paper wasps identifies genes associated with behaviour across social insect lineages

(2010) A. L. Toth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic Comparison of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator

(2010) R. Bonasio et al.   SCIENCE

Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

(2010) J. H. Werren et al.   SCIENCE

DNA amplification from pin-mounted bumble bees (Bombus) in a museum collection: effects of fragment size and specimen age on successful PCR

(2009) James P. Strange et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Bumblebee vulnerability and conservation world-wide

(2009) Paul H. Williams et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Impacts of inbreeding on bumblebee colony fitness under field conditions

(2009) Penelope R Whitehorn et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The vitellogenin of the bumblebee, Bombus hypocrita: studies on structural analysis of the cDNA and expression of the mRNA

(2009) Jilian Li et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Male production by non-natal workers in the bumblebee, Bombus deuteronymus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2009) Jun-ichi Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Comparative genetic analyses of historical and contemporary collections highlight contrasting demographic histories for the bumble beesBombus pensylvanicusandB.impatiensin Illinois

(2009) JEFFREY D. LOZIER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Cryptic differences in dispersal lead to differential sensitivity to habitat fragmentation in two bumblebee species

(2009) B. DARVILL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

DNA barcoding a regional bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) fauna and its potential for ecological studies

(2009) CORY S. SHEFFIELD et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Novel microsatellite DNA loci forBombus terrestris(Linnaeus, 1758)

(2009) ECKART STOLLE et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

COLONY: a program for parentage and sibship inference from multilocus genotype data

(2009) OWEN R. JONES et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Phylogeography’s past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000

(2009) M.J. Hickerson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Honey bee aggression supports a link between gene regulation and behavioral evolution

(2009) C. Alaux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A simplified subgeneric classification of the bumblebees (genusBombus)

(2008) Paul H. Williams et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Evidence for decline in eastern North American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with special focus on Bombus affinis Cresson

(2008) Sheila R. Colla et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Decline of bumble bees (Bombus) in the North American Midwest

(2008) Jennifer C. Grixti et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Tracing the invasion history of mealy plum aphid, Hyalopterus pruni (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in North America: a population genetics approach

(2008) Jeffrey D. Lozier et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

IS A NEW AND GENERAL THEORY OF MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS EMERGING?

(2008) Scott V. Edwards   EVOLUTION

Diploid male production in a rare and locally distributed bumblebee, Bombus florilegus (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

(2008) J. Takahashi et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Male flight distance and population substructure in the bumblebeeBombus terrestris

(2008) F. B. Kraus et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Evidence for the evolutionary nascence of a novel sex determination pathway in honeybees

(2008) Martin Hasselmann et al.   NATURE

Interspecific mating of the introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris and the native Japanese bumblebee Bombus hypocrita sapporoensis results in inviable hybrids

(2008) Yuya Kanbe et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Insulin signaling is involved in the regulation of worker division of labor in honey bee colonies

(2008) S. A. Ament et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nutritional Control of Reproductive Status in Honeybees via DNA Methylation

(2008) R. Kucharski et al.   SCIENCE

Historical Biogeography, Divergence Times, and Diversification Patterns of Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)

(2008) Heather M. Hines   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Decline and Conservation of Bumble Bees

(2007) D. Goulson et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Bumblebee flight distances in relation to the forage landscape

(2007) Juliet L. Osborne et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY